macro

This ROOT-WORD is the Prefix MACRO which means LARGE & EXCESSIVE development. It is the opposite of the Prefix MICRO, small. This list of words with its abnormalities and manias would be good for writing a science fiction story or opening a circus. There is another zoological oddity I had no room for - MACRObiotus - a strange, bearlike, little animal whose naked body is transparent, andhas globules of fat which look like huge red corpuscles.

1. Macron : MACRO n (make’ ron) n.

A line over a vowel to show that it is long; as, a, long a, in place

2. Macrometer : MACRO meter (ma krom’ e ter) n.

Instrument to measure size and distance of objects

3. Macrotous : MACRO tous (ma kroe’ tus) adj.

Having large ears

4. Macrodont : MACRO don’t (mak’ ro don’t) adj.

Having large teeth

5. Macrocosm : MACRO cosm (mak; ro koz um) n.

The great world; universe

6. Macrocosmic : MACRO cosmic (mak ro koz’ mik) adj.

Relating to the great world

7. Macrocosmology: MACRO cosmology (mak ro koz mol’ o ji) n.

A description of the macrocosm

8. Macromania : MACRO mania (mak ro may’ ni a) n.

A delusion that parts of the patient’s body are bigger than they really are